Cardinal Connection
News from the Activities Office - February 2024
Looking Ahead
Tuesday, March 5th:
- Boys Basketball vs Willmar Section Quarter Final - 8:05 PM
Wednesday, March 6th:
- Boys Hockey State Tournament @ Excel vs Hermantown - 6:00 PM
- Girls Basketball Section Final vs Fergus Falls @ Detroit Lakes - 7:00 PM
Recent Results
Nordic Ski
The Alexandria Nordic Ski Team officially wrapped up its season last week with our annual banquet.
On a team vote, the Cardinal Award, which is granted to a skier who displays good commitment, sportsmanship, work ethic, and all around good characteristics as a student athlete, was awarded to Tiahna Goeke and Cyler Coauette.
We are graduating ten seniors from our squad this year and gave them recognition, they are: Cyler Coauette, Sawyer Filipiak, Ben Swelstad, Luke Walsh, Brynn Cross, Tiahna Goeke, Maddee Hochhalter, Tatum Ketelsen, Jaelyn Miller, and Meredith Sundby. To simply put it, thank you to our seniors for many great years of skiing! You were a fun group and you will be missed on the trails!
Thank you to our coaches Brita Soderholm, Lauren Englund, Terri Goeke, and Jackie Stifter for all that they did this challenging season!
A special thank you to these organizations:
Andes Tower Hills
Alexandria Nordic Ski Club
Activities Director Ben Kvidt, Todd Johnson, Linda Koep, and Mollee Duffield
Our great group of parents for all of the support!
Congratulations to the Alexandria Cardinals Swimming and Diving Team for their tenth place finish out of 30 teams at the MSHSL Championships this past weekend.
Team Scores
Breck/Blake 327
St. Thomas Academy 224
Hutchinson 209
Northfield 202
Orono 145
Monticello 144
Benilde St. Margaret's 134
Mankato East 113
Delano Watertown Mayer 98.5
Alexandria 92.5
Highlights
The first state champion in diving in the history of Alexandria Swimming and Diving is Kyler Kavanagh. Kyler won his event by 20 points over the second place finisher. Krew Muscha finished in 11th place and performed extraordinarily well.
Cooper Running swam to a sixth place finish in the 200 freestyle to medal with a lifetime best time. He also finished in sixth place in the 500 freestyle and added to his medal collection from the MSHSL Championship Meets.Another lifetime best time in this event helped him to score points for his team.
Freshman Andy Wacek placed fifteenth in the 200 IM and 17th in the 100 breaststroke. Eric Peterson placed 15th in the 50 freestyle and 8th in the 100 freestyle to advance to the medal stand
In the 200 freestyle relay, Alexandria's Adison Newman, Andy Wacek, Cooper Running and Eric Peterson placed ninth, just missing the awards stand. In the 400 freestyle relay, Andrew Crowser swam a lifetime best to lead off, followed by Adison Newman, also with a lifetime best time. Next up was Cooper Running to lengthen the lead. Eric Peterson then swam a lifetime best to bring the team to a 13th place finish.
Supported by alternates Zach Iverson and Camden Kosters, the team was thrilled with another top 10 finish (seventh place for public schools).
We had a loud and energetic fan group of parents, family, team members and fans. Thank you to all who made the trip and supported our team!
Girls Basketball - March 2nd
SECTION 8AAA SEMIFINALS
Alexandria 66 Little Falls 20
The Cardinals opened up Section play with a dominant performance soundly defeating the Flyers 66-20. We were stubborn defensively allowing only a record 3 points in the second half. The Cards ran the court and executed in the half court with to seal the deal to move on the Section Championship. Scoring was Macee Linow 15, Chloe Scholl 12, Hadley Thul 11, Allie Haabala 8, Camree Miller 7, Lauren Beyer 6, Kaia Emter 3, Kate Hennessy 2, and McKinley Hoelscher 2. Great job Cardinals! Next up is the Section Championship at Detroit Lakes Thursday against Fergus Falls. Tip Off is 7:00. WINGS WAY UP!
Top 20 Thinkers and Teams are WE>ME
Bottom 80 Thinkers and Teams are ME>WE
Boys Basketball JV - March 1
Alexandria - 72
Bemidji - 36
The Boys Basketball JV Team finished up their season on Friday in Bemidji. The Cards jumped out early, but allowed the Lumberjacks to work their way back to within 7. The Cards responded late in the half to push the lead out farther before that break. In the second half the Cards settled in to extend the lead and finish the game. The JV Team finished their season at 22-0. The coaching staff would like to recognize: Myles Gray, Samson Hagstrom, Gavin Roderick, Mason Gorghuber, Thomas Hinrichs, Blake Scholl, Brett Meyer, Grady Starzl and several JV2 players that filled in throughout the year for their efforts this season. The JV Team will now focus their attention toward contributing to a varsity playoff run that starts Tuesday at home.
State Wrestling
Sophomore Nolan Fettig took his 34-0 record into the state wrestling tournament at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday. He won his 1st round match over his Lake City opponent 9-0. In the quarterfinals Nolan faced the eventual 3rd place finisher from Foley and lost a hard fought 5-1 decision. In the consolation round Nolan faced the eventual 6th place finisher from Little Falls and lost an 8-5 decision bringing Nolan’s state tournament to an end. Nolan had a terrific season finishing 35-2 on the year and this was his 2nd state tournament appearance already as a sophomore. Congrats to Nolan on a fine season!
Archery
The Alexandria High School Archers participated in this season’s 4th archery tournament on March 2nd. This was Alexandria’s Home tournament. The tournament is known as the ”Paul Hedine Memorial Archery tournament”. Paul was a great coach and a dear friend. His lifelong passion was archery and working with the kids. Rest in peace Paul
I would also like to thank all the archery parents that helped with setup, running and cleanup at our tournament. We could not have done it without you!
399 Archers from 14 schools participated in this Bulls-Eye tournament
High School Team Scoring was as follows:
1st Place Sauk Centre with a score of 3343
2nd Place Alexandria with a score of 3299
3rd Place Melrose with a score of 3129
In the High School Boys Division scoring was as follows.
1st Place Zack Klimek from Sauk Centre shot 288
2nd Place Keegan Middendorf from Sauk Centre shot 286
3rd Place Owen Jensen from Alexandria shot 284 with 17 10’s
4th Place Ethan Giese from Alexandria shot 284 with 16 10’s
5th Place Ian Johnson from Alexandria shot 283
In the High School Girls Division scoring was as follows.
1st Place Camilla McCormick from Melrose shot a 286
2nd Place Mylee Middendorf from Sauk Centre shot a 282
3rd Place Alexandra Goerdt from Sauk Centre shot 278
4th Place Brooke Thompson from Sauk Centre shot 277
5th Place Carmen Loxtercamp from Sauk Centre shot 276
At this time I would like to recognize several up and coming archers from our Jr High Team who shot exceptionally well in Alex.
Parker Jensen shot a score of 279
Gabriella Rye shot a score of 267
Tylor Bode shot a score of 266
Brynn Erickson shot a score of 265
Ava Floan shot a score of 263
Our next Tournament will be In Osakis on
March 16th
Cardinal Speech Team
Speech Madness 2024 (Sauk Rapids) kicked off the final month of the speech regular season. All competitors did a great job at a tough meet, with five entries advancing to finals:
Sigfried Henrich: 10th place creative expression
Abby Brault and David Winter: 12th place duo
Josh Makalinao: 11th place informative
David Winter: 2nd place original oratory
Gracyn Hagen: 13th place poetry
Honorable mentions: Ryne Gordon (creative expression) and Abby Brault (humor)
Girls Golf Announcement
The High School Girls Golf Season begins Monday March 18th. The Parent/Player meeting will be held at 5:30 pm in Room B182/183 at Alexandria Area High School. Schedules and practice information will be shared at this meeting. If you have any questions, please call or text Coach Zupfer at 320-763-5254.
AAHS Clay Target Team Spring Season
Registration Opens: February 25
Registration Deadline: March 24 at 5PM
Student/Parent Meeting: Thursday, March 7th at 6PM, AAHS Rooms 182/183
For more information or to register, email: ahstrap@gmail.com
General requirements for Students to participate:
- Students must be in grades 7-12, and enrolled in District 206
- Students must have a State Firearm Safety Certificate
- Be in good academic standing with the school and meet activity requirements
- We compete Monday evenings from late March to mid-June; students are required to participate each Monday
Cardinal Café is a student run restaurant where students plan, shop and prepare the meals for appropriately 15 – 25 people. The Culinary Arts III students and instructor appreciate your willingness to spend your lunch hour at the Cardinal Café. This experience provides a great opportunity for the Cardinal Café students to learn more about the hospitality/restaurant industry. Cost: $7.00 per person (Cash or Check Only). Seating begins at 12:00 PM and reservations are required – to get a reservation contact rkent@alexschools.org or call 320-762-2142 ext 4275 and leave your name (first and last, date you would like reservations, phone number where you can be reached and the number of people in your group).
Tuesday, March 12 Teriyaki Chicken
Friday, March 15 Cod
Tuesday, March 19 Honey Lime Chicken
Friday, March 22 Manicotti
Tuesday, March 26 Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwich
Track and Field Information
Alexandria Track & Field Athletes & Parents!
Track & Field Athletes/Parents! Below is a link to our 2024 Calendar! If you are new to the program, please take a minute to join the appropriate Remind Group by clicking on the link below.
Remind Groups (only join the group that is for you):
- Athlete Remind Links:
- GIRLS: Alexandria Girls T & F: https://www.remind.com/join/alex-g-tf
- BOYS: Alexandria Boys T & F: https://www.remind.com/join/alex-b-tf
- Parent Remind Links:
- Alexandria Girls T & F - Parent: https://www.remind.com/join/alextf-g-p
- Alexandria Boys T & F - Parent: https://www.remind.com/join/alextf-b-p
Baseball Player Meeting - Classroom B182-183
Monday, Mar 4, 2024, 03:30 PM
Alexandria Area High School, Pioneer Road Southeast, Alexandria, MN, USA
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ACTIVITIES REGISTRATION
AAHS ACTIVITIES
You may access the online registration at this link
· If you have not used the districts online payment module in the past for activities, Chromebooks, food service, parking permits, etc. You will need to CREATE AN ACCOUNT prior to registering.
· Registration needs to be complete prior to student’s being able to participate.
New this year: We have a $750 per family maximum for activities registration.
Reminder that students must have a physical every three years in order to participate. The online registration module will not allow you to proceed if a physical exam is needed. If you have questions please contact Mollee in the AAHS activities office 320-762-2142 ext 4530 or contact your healthcare provider.
Link to MSHL Sports Physical Eligibility Form:
https://www.mshsl.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/SQPE%20Physical%20Form%2022-23.pdf
Home of the Cardinals
Email: bkvidt@alexschools.org
Website: www.alexschools.org/aahs
Location: 4300 Pioneer Rd SE, Alexandria, MN, USA
Phone: (320) 762-2142
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Twitter: @aahsactivities